1922 Encyclopædia Britannica/Monet, Claude

MONET, CLAUDE (1840-), French painter (see 18.694). In his later years Monet worked at his painting solely in the neighbourhood of Giverny, where he lived, and devoted himself to the study of modifications in the aspect of a limited number of subjects caused by changes in the light and the seasons. On the motive of the “Bassin aux Nymphéas” he produced a series of twelve large compositions. Another series, painted in 1913, is the “Arceaux Fleuris,” which represents a corner of his garden at Giverny. In 1918 he produced a number of similar studies under the general title of “Saule Pleureur.”